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Scientific American, Vol. 22, No. 9 (February 1870) (1870)

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s, and that turrets trasted the strength of our smaller turret vessels of the Pas- shaft of twelve inches diameter, should be driven out of posi- of such enormous thickness are readily handled. The num- saic class, carrying eleven inches thickness of battery, with tion by a shot, is too absurd to… … stringers of eight inches square, together with two plates, four and a half inches solid plating, since fully one half of also learn from the same source that the rotation of the tur- each three inches thick. The aggregate weight of these the entire fleet carries that light armor ; but in order to…

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